“Next time we take a taxi.”
Amazing Spider-Man #252
Marvel (May, 1984)
reprinted by Toy Biz for sale with Symbiote Spider-Man (October, 2000)
“Homecoming!” PLOT: Roger Stern WRITER: Tom DeFalco BREAKDOWNS: Ron Frenz FINISHER: Brett Breeding COLORIST: Glynis Wein LETTERER: Joe Rosen EDITOR: Danny Fingeroth
CW’s take on the Flash appears to be (forgive me for this) a runaway hit among my circles. So for this installment we return to the Super Powers Collection mini-comics. I haven’t reviewed these in order even though there are issue numbers, but it doesn’t matter. Nothing about one issue happens again in the next one. Heck, the next issue features Braniac and he’s defeated in this one. Therefore, I feel free to review them in whatever order comes to me. And this time, it’s the Flash.
As usual, no credits are given.
Even Spartan’s action figure has a bad love life.
WildC.A.T.S. Adventures #2
Image Comics (November, 1994)
“Heart Of Steel” TELEPLAY: David Wise ADAPTATION: Jeff Mariotte LAYOUTS/COVER ART: Ty Templeton FINISHER: Art Nichols COLORISTS: Ben Fernandez & Wendy Fouts SEPARATIONS: In Color LETTERER: Richard Starkings ASSISTANT EDITOR: Sarah Beckler EDITOR IN CHIEF: Bill Kaplan “WILDC.A.T.S.” CREATORS: Jim Lee & Brandon ChoiThis isn’t the regular comic, but adaptations of the CBS Saturday morning cartoon (later syndicated on USA Network as part of their “Action Extreme Team” lineup). This is the only issue I have.
Janelle Asselin of Comics Alliance wrote a great commentary about how the comic industry is failing kids by ignoring them in the vain attempt to prove comics aren’t just for kids. Interviewees include friend of BW and Cosmic Supergirl writer Landry Walker as well as former DC kids editor Jann Jones and some store owners about how kids, especially girls, are losing out in the superhero realm.
You wonder if Firestorm is sick of hentai jokes by now?
Fury Of Firestorm #46
DC Comics (April, 1986)
“Deadly Prelude” WRITER: Gerry Conway PENCILER: J.J. Brozowski INKER: Mike Machlan COLORIST: Nansi Hoolahan LETTERER: Carrie Spiegle EDITOR: Janice Race
For once I’m doing a Jake & Leon Anniversary posting on time. You can thank writer’s block for that since this week kept me so distracted I didn’t get a comic done. Instead, it’s the best of the strips (to me, since I don’t think anyone reads the comic) between October 25th (27th, to be technical) and today (last week, really). As for The Clutter Reports, I put the stuff back in my car after I organized them. The review of Enterprise – The First Adventure will appear next week and there are still no new comics to review this coming week.
And with the site stuff out of the way, it’s time for the comic. For those new to BW, Jake & Leon was created to give me something to post with the daily comic reviews. There were times I couldn’t come up with a good opening paragraph, and the comic was the rescue. Eventually it took over the Sunday spot as the comic reviews went weekly, and cast members were added. These are my favorite comics of this year’s worth of comics.
Gerard “Gerry” Parkes (October 16, 1924 – October 19, 2014)
This week Gerald Parks passed away. Parks acted in many TV shows and movies for both kids and adults, but he’s most well known for two Boondog Saints movies and the HBO Muppet series Fraggle Rock. I have never seen Boondog Saints and I’m not even sure what they’re about. But I know Fraggle Rock. Parks wasn’t just the only regular human character, but outside of Uncle Traveling Matt’s travel logs he was the only one we ever saw. Parks played “Doc”, an inventor whose workshop had an entrance to Fraggle Rock, home of the Fraggles and Doozers, itself an entrance to the world of the Gorgs and the Fraggles advisor, the living trash heap Marjorie. The show ran for five seasons and had an animated spin-off on NBC. While Parks’ scenes were replaced with other actors in various countries, this Doc also appeared in one of the Muppets’ Christmas specials.
Since I didn’t get to edit a video this week, I wanted to pay tributes to Parks with the final episode of Fraggle Rock, where he finally learned about the Fraggles just before moving away. In the same season his Muppet dog, Sprocket (performed by Steve Whitmire), had finally made friends with Gobo and the others when he fell into another entryway to the Rock in a rare episode where Doc and Sprocket actually left the workshop for a location shoot walk. It would have been a good episode to show, and one of the best final episodes of kids television. However, Hulu has that behind the Hulu Plus wall, which means even if I could see it I couldn’t show it to you.
In its place I will present the first episode, since the first five are the only free ones. It’s the introduction of the Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, Doc, and Sprocket in the episode entitled “Beginnings”.
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
